Orders are now being placed for this summer’s downtown flowerpots.
According to Susie and Steve Stratton of Stratton Greenhouses, “This is our 13th year for providing the potted plants on Main Street.”
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To make this happen Strattons invite contributions to keep the program going. This year the sponsorships, like last year, are $130 per pot. If payments are received by Friday, March 15, the cost is $125 per pot.
Bluffton schools are cancelled on Monday, Feb. 18, according to Greg Denecker, superintendent. A 2-hour delay was announced at 5:27 a.m. School was cancelled at 7:52 a.m.
Because Bluffton has used its calamity days, the make-up day for today will be Thursday, April 18.
State Representative Bob Cupp (R-Lima) was appointed to serve on several Ohio House committees for the 133rd General Assembly by Speaker of the House Larry Householder.
Representative Cupp will chair the House Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Primary and Secondary Education. The state’s budget for primary and secondary education represents 43% of all state-sourced revenue. He will also chair the Joint Education Oversight Committee, which is composed of both House and Senate members and monitors education issues for the General Assembly.
Three Bluffton council committee meetings are set for next week:
• Tuesday, Feb. 19 – Jefferson Street project public meeting, 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, Feb. 20 – Personnel, noon
• Wednesday, Feb. 20 – Streets and alleys, 5:30 p.m.
Additional information on the Lower Riley Creek Watershed is found on pages 12 to 18 in the Bluffton council packet attached at the bottom of this story.
The Blanchard River Watershed Partnership (BRWP) wants to improve water quality in the Lower Riley Creek watershed in Allen and Putnam counties.
One of the driving forces of the Partnership’s focus is a 2012 Report Card of the stream. In that report the Marsh Run-Little Riley Creek watershed received a letter grade of "D."
